When one of my sons is focusing hard he chews on something – often his T-shirt collar or his earbuds. Another cracks his knuckles. These habits drive me nuts!
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When winter is feeling endless and it seems like the rain and snow will never stop most of us dream of summer days. Long, relaxed summer days seem like a charm!
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Even young children will hear about major news events – often from other children. It’s best if they get this information from you.
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To understand more about protecting kids' vision, I reached out to Dr. Daniel Greninger, a pediatric ophthalmologist. He explained that many parents wonder about their kids’ vision, especially when they are so young and might not even know their vision could be better and not blurry!
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Five-year-old children are becoming very independent and this can be quite the challenge for their parents! One way that you may see this increasing independence is through their use of selective hearing.
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There are times when doctors and parents don’t seem to understand each other. This often happens when the doctor thinks the child in front of them has what seems to be a minor condition, but to the parent it seems scarier! Once my son had pneumonia. The doctor in me knew he had an easy to treat, run of the mill case. The mom in me? I was worried about him and concerned I’d waited too long to bring him in to his doctor.
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At around age 10 there begins to be a real difference in the development of boys and girls. Some of this difference is the different time of entry into puberty and its associated growth spurt.
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So how can you protect your kids' eyesight? Here's what I tell parents:
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